parenthesis
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Whereas if it were ‘natural flavor’ and then in parenthesis a long list of bizarre chemical names, you might think twice about eating it.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2024
That’s where it started off with the parenthesis; it was marking a sense of time passing but also emphasizing the single exposure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
"They should have made a parenthesis in the subtitles when the North Korean character speaks," She said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2021
Because the number 3 itself is not a solution, we put an open parenthesis at 3.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The tricky part is determining where the other punctuation marks go: inside or outside the closing parenthesis.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
It’s followed by parentheses that hold plain descriptions — red chapel relief; oil can; or, folding table and chairs, dark brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
They are listed in ascending order of their trailing-month returns, which are displayed in the parentheses.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
Unlike periods and commas, em dashes aren’t integral to sentence structure; they’re a considered choice that can, but by no means have to, take the place of commas, parentheses and semicolons.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
The thing to know about parentheses is that they can enclose a whole sentence standing alone, or something within a sentence.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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